Hangouts Chat

A messaging platform built for teams

Hangouts Chat makes it easy
for teams to be able to get their work done in one place. From direct messages to
group conversations, Chat helps teams collaborate easily and efficiently. With
dedicated, virtual rooms to house projects over time — plus threaded
conversations — Chat makes it simple to track progress and follow up tasks. Chat
currently supports 28 languages and each room can support up to 8,000 members.

Deeply integrated with G Suite

Hangouts Chat is offered to G Suite customers at no additional cost.
Upload items from Drive, collaborate on
Docs,
Sheets, or
Slides, join online meetings with
Hangouts Meet, or use Google’s powerful search to look up room members,
past conversations, and shared files. Drive bot lets you know when files are
shared with you, comments are made, or when people request access to your docs.
And Meet bot integrates directly with Calendar to schedule meetings for you.

Embedded security with peace of mind

Chat builds on G Suite’s
security-first ecosystem and offers an enterprise-grade solution that’s
reliable and compliant. With integrated support for Vault, admins can archive, preserve, search, and export
Chat-specific data. It's also built with leading enterprise-grade security
including mobile device management, single sign-on, two-factor authentication,
admin settings, compliance, and Vault retention, holds, search, and export.

Search with the power of Google

Powerful, filterable search across Hangouts Chat threads makes it easy to find
what you need, when you need it. Search acts as a collective team memory,
allowing you to review past discussions and decisions.

Chime in from anywhere

Seamlessly use Hangouts Chat across your computer, phone, and tablet via a web
browser or native apps, so you can connect to your team from wherever you are.

Smarter chat with bots

Make conversations more efficient by interacting directly with deeply integrated
Google bots and 3rd party apps.